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AHA Psychiatric Section Special Conference Call 9/14/10
In mid-September, information on hospital-acquired conditions \(HACs\) will be publicly available for the first time on Hospital Compare \(www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov\).
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology \(ONC\) on July 28 in the Federal Register published a final rule establishing an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for electronic health record \(EHR\) technology.
When you explain to a patient about the Sunshine Call Program and ask if he or she would like to participate by signing permission and giving out his or her contact number, a few guidelines might help as this is often something people are reluctant to do. I always say that this hospital has a…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its FY 2011 final rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment systems \(PPS\) on July 30. The rule affects inpatient PPS hospitals, long-term care hospitals and critical access hospitals \(CAH\) and takes…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on July 28 published a final rule defining ")meaningful use") of electronic health records \(EHRs\). At the same time, the Office of the National Coordinator \(ONC\) for Health Information Technology issued a final rule that sets…